The Steiger Ferris Wheel is a tall transportable
Ferris wheel
A Ferris wheel (also called a Giant Wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, gondolas, capsule ...
. It began operating in 1980, and at that time was the world's tallest transportable wheel, a record documented in the
Guinness Book of Records.
The world's tallest transportable wheel is the
Bussink Design
Ronald A. Bussink has been a leading designer of giant Ferris wheels and similar structures for over 25 years. Bussink entered the amusement industry market in 1985 and designed, manufactured, and delivered more than 60 giant observation wheel ...
R80XL.
Designed by the Steiger showmen company of
Bad Oeynhausen
Bad Oeynhausen () is a spa town on the southern edge of the Wiehengebirge in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in the East-Westphalia-Lippe region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The closest larger towns are Bielefeld (39 kilometres southwest) ...
, in conjunction with engineering company Dr. Cassens and Jäschke of
Bremen, it was built by Kocks, also of Bremen, and is operated by Steiger.
It has 42 passenger cars,
and weighs 450 tons.
The foundation of the wheel consists of the 22 container pallets used to transport components of the wheel. In total, 32 vehicles are needed to transport the entire wheel. Two of the jackstands supporting the axle also serve as cranes to erect the A-frame.
The wheel is equipped with a complex LED lighting system, allowing complex multi-coloured patterns to be displayed.
On October 11, 2010, the wheel collapsed at the Kramermarkt in
Oldenburg during deconstruction. Although several people watched the deconstruction work, nobody was injured.
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Transportable Ferris wheels